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> CloudReady will continue to be available as-is, and we’re committed to supporting and maintaining existing customers. They're getting axed in a year, two if

by znpy 6y ago

> CloudReady will continue to be available as-is, and we’re committed to supporting and maintaining existing customers. They're getting axed in a year, two if they're lucky.

bigiain 6y ago
I count two “for the moment”s, two “no immediate changes”s and five “at this time” weasel word qualifiers in the thirteen answers they provide in this FAQ. I know an acquired company cannot ever say with any certainty or conviction “things won’t change!”, so it’s kinda as honest as I suspect legal has allowed them to be. If I were responsible for a fleet of Neverware devices, I’d be immediately fast tracking investigations into suitable alternatives and migration plans.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  It's weirdly weasel-worded, too, like... your company was acquired by Google. There is exactly 0% chance of there being no changes. Why even bother pretending otherwise? Does anyone actually believe that things aren't going to change? EDIT: Like, it doesn't even have to be a bad thing! Sell it! Go hog with "we're integrating processes to make the product better for users" and "this will let us ship updates faster" and "you'll get more features now that we're an official Google product" (Android support, hopefully). There's no reason to go with this absurd premise that there will be no change (which nobody's going to believe anyways) when you could be saying "yes there will be changes and that's a good thing for you".
nashashmi 6y ago
I feel the same. The faq reads in summary “nothing is changing, for now” when it should be stating all of the changes that are about to come. Knowing what I have learned over the last couple of years with changes at google ever since Larry page and pichai took over is that the fun is over and money should now be rolling in. And they are hiding the google effect of this acquisition. In other words, the project is axed. But the enterprise management is cool. And where google will make their money on this bit. Also we won’t support old hardware because enterprise does not like old hardware. And it stops people from buying better chromebooks.

by znpy 6y ago

> CloudReady will continue to be available as-is, and we’re committed to supporting and maintaining existing customers. They're getting axed in a year, two if they're lucky.

bigiain 6y ago

I count two “for the moment”s, two “no immediate changes”s and five “at this time” weasel word qualifiers in the thirteen answers they provide in this FAQ. I know an acquired company cannot ever say with any certainty or conviction “things won’t change!”, so it’s kinda as honest as I suspect legal has allowed them to be. If I were responsible for a fleet of Neverware devices, I’d be immediately fast tracking investigations into suitable alternatives and migration plans.

yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
It's weirdly weasel-worded, too, like... your company was acquired by Google. There is exactly 0% chance of there being no changes. Why even bother pretending otherwise? Does anyone actually believe that things aren't going to change? EDIT: Like, it doesn't even have to be a bad thing! Sell it! Go hog with "we're integrating processes to make the product better for users" and "this will let us ship updates faster" and "you'll get more features now that we're an official Google product" (Android support, hopefully). There's no reason to go with this absurd premise that there will be no change (which nobody's going to believe anyways) when you could be saying "yes there will be changes and that's a good thing for you".

nashashmi 6y ago

I feel the same. The faq reads in summary “nothing is changing, for now” when it should be stating all of the changes that are about to come. Knowing what I have learned over the last couple of years with changes at google ever since Larry page and pichai took over is that the fun is over and money should now be rolling in. And they are hiding the google effect of this acquisition. In other words, the project is axed. But the enterprise management is cool. And where google will make their money on this bit. Also we won’t support old hardware because enterprise does not like old hardware. And it stops people from buying better chromebooks.